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| State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Adachi Masashi, welcomes Minister of Science and Technology Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng (left) and the Vietnamese delegation on their go to to Japan. VNA/VNS Photo |
TOKYO — Vietnamese scientists, consultants and companies in Japan gathered at a seminar in Tokyo on October 2 to discuss methods to advertise research and growth of strategic applied sciences, with a concentrate on “Chip Edge AI”.
Jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, FPT Japan, and the Vietnam Digital Transformation Association in Japan (VADX), the occasion was attended by a delegation from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), led by Minister Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, together with Vietnamese scientists and enterprise representatives in Japan.
Opening the occasion, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Phạm Quang Hiệu highlighted the numerous contributions of the Vietnamese neighborhood in Japan, which now numbers greater than 650,000, together with almost 1,000 scientists and intellectuals. He underlined that their research achievements should not solely broadly printed in prestigious tutorial journals but additionally recognised by patents granted in Japan, a lot of which have been transferred to Japanese and international enterprises for growth and commercialisation. The ambassador burdened that this helpful mental useful resource must be successfully related and remodeled into financial worth by state assist and enterprise-led commercialisation.
Hiệu reaffirmed the significance of cooperation between the State, scientists and companies in driving innovation and advancing science and technology. The seminar supplied a platform to discuss proposals for collaboration, with a selected concentrate on creating specialised chips for Việt Nam. It additionally provided a chance for Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan to achieve deeper insights into Việt Nam’s insurance policies on attracting abroad Vietnamese scientists to contribute to strategic technology growth.
Five keynote shows have been delivered by Vietnamese scientists, overlaying matters reminiscent of Việt Nam’s alternatives in Edge AI chip growth, methods for advancing strategic technology merchandise, FPT’s method to AI, functions of specialized AI chips in personalised healthcare, and strengthening cooperation between home and worldwide universities in research and product growth.
Speaking to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Japan, Professor Phạm Nam Hải from Tokyo Institute of Technology famous that the AI revolution is at present dominated by cloud-based programs run by main firms, which face challenges of excessive vitality consumption, heavy knowledge transmission and private knowledge safety dangers. He emphasised the significance of creating edge AI programs that course of immediately on end-user units, supported by superior reminiscence and energy-efficient architectures.
Hải defined that his laboratory is working with main world technology corporations to develop SOT-MRAM, a brand new reminiscence technology for AI functions. If efficiently commercialised, this might kind the idea for a startup, in which Việt Nam might take part by investing, creating software program, and creating end-user functions. He expressed his hope that Việt Nam would set up enterprise capital funds to assist such startups, significantly in rising fields like AI.
Minister Hùng, in his keynote remarks, affirmed that the Vietnamese Government regards semiconductors as a strategic business. He welcomed the proposals shared by Vietnamese scientists, noting that their approaches mirror each humanity and sustainability, aligning with world traits of lowering vitality consumption and defending the pure atmosphere. He pledged that the Government will accompany and assist Vietnamese scientists in creating core applied sciences for nationwide progress.
At the seminar, Hùng and delegates formally launched the V-S.T.I.D Platform, designed to attach abroad Vietnamese intellectuals with ministries, localities, research institutes, universities, and companies in Việt Nam. — VNS